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I think that's true, but I like the spellcasting as well! I like spells for the primal classes as an expression of "this is how magic through a connection to nature manifests in the awakened beings". Just, yeah. Not without it's complications or growing pains.

Fair, though I feel like the lack of validation hurts Ranger more than those two. Everyone knows that Bards and Wizards can be cool, regardless of the chosen flavour for their spellcasting. And if nothing else, the mechanical strength helps! Whereas yeah, bit more of an uphill struggle for...

Sure, I think that makes a degree of sense. Rangers being the Generalist to the Druid's Specialist, contrary to what you might assume. It's frustrating how decidedly uncool these descriptions are, regardless of accuracy. "The generic ones", "lack of dedication", these are not flattering.

I agree that Batman is close to the class fantasy for a Ranger in my mind, despite incongruencies of theme n' all that. "technically artificer is a better fit but also monk because punching" etc. Yeah, that is how I see Rangers generally. Ideally. Creatures of intuition, superior reaction...

I do like this school of thought as an aspect of their flavour, but I will say it feels like only part of the answer. What allows a Ranger to learn and apply these lessons in a way that the other classes never will? I think the default 5E Ranger spell list is/was frustratingly limited for...

I'm personally firmly on the side of spellcasting for Ranger, but something I've been trying to pin down for a while now is, what's a good answer for where the Ranger's magic comes from exactly. In particular, what satisfactorily distinguishes them from Druids (and to a lesser extent Barbarians...

Definitely agree, I liked Roving from Deft Explorer for just that reason. Except in TCE they made it so you had to take it at 6th level, which is pretty late I think. As opposed to in the original UA, where you could take it at 1st if you wanted. In the Ranger revision I've been tinkering with...